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As you walk upon the sacred earth, treat each step as a prayer.

Black Elk

When we do understand all this deeply in our hearts, then we will fear, and love, and know the Great Spirit, and then we will be and act and live as the Spirit intends.
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Deeply Great Intends Love Spirit
Once we were happy in our own country and we were seldom hungry, for then the two-leggeds and the four-leggeds lived together like relatives, and there was plenty for them and for us.
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Country Dirty Legend Lying Seldom
But if the Vision was true and mighty, as I know, it is true and mighty yet;for such things are of Spirit, and it is in the darkness of their eyes that men get lost.
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Country Darkness Eye Men Native
Know the Power that is Peace.
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Inspirational Life Peace Power
If I thought that I was doing it myself, the hole would close up and no power could come through. Then everything I could do would be foolish.
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Country Everything Foolish Native
If I thought that I was doing it myself, the hole would close up and no power could come through. Then everything I could do would be foolish.
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Close Doing Everything Foolish
The power of a thing or an act is in the meaning and the understanding.
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Country Meaning Native Power Understanding
So I took the bright red stick and at the center of the nation’s hoop I thrust it in the earth.
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Earth Red Sticks
It may be that some little root of the sacred tree still lives. Nourish it then, that it may leaf and bloom and fill with singing birds.
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Bird Bloom Depression Roots Singing
Grandfather, Great Spirit, once more behold me on earth and lean to hear my feeble voice.
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Earth Feeble Grandfather Voice
It is hard to follow one great vision in this world of darkness and of many changing shadows. Among those men get lost.
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Darkness Lost Men Vision
Behold this day. It is yours to make.
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Behold Inspirational Life
Everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the power of the world always works in circles, and everything tries to be round.
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Circles Country Native Strong
Perhaps you have noticed that even in the very lightest breeze you can hear the voice of the cottonwood tree; this we understand is its prayer to the Great Spirit, for not only men, but all things and all beings pray to Him continually in differing ways.
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Different Garden Men Prayer Spirit Way
I saw more than I can tell / And I understood more than I saw.
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Circles Country Native Shapes
And I saw that the sacred hoop of my people as one of many hoops that made one circle.
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Circles Country Native People

As you walk upon the sacred earth, treat each step as a prayer.

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